The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1952
See what you know about the year 1952
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What was the top grossing film of 1952?
(#) Ivanhoe
(#) The Greatest Show on Earth
(#) The Snows of Kilmanjaro
(#) Quo Vadis
2. What team won the 1952 World Series?
(#) New York Yankees
(#) Cleveland Indians
(#) New York Giants
(#) Brooklyn Dodgers
3. Where were the 1952 Winter Olympics held?
(#) Oslo, Norway
(#) Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
(#) St. Moritz, Switzerland
(#) Innsbruck, Austria
4. What future U.S. President got married on March 4, 1952?
(#) George H.W. Bush
(#) Jimmy Carter
(#) Ronald Reagan
(#) Gerald Ford
5. On April 28, 1952 the Treaty of San Francisco went into effect, thus ending the occupation of this country?
(#) Japan
(#) Germany
(#) Austria
(#) Italy
6. What Middle Eastern country saw a military coup oust the reigning monarchy on July 23, 1952?
(#) Iraq
(#) Lebanon
(#) Syria
(#) Egypt
7. Who was the 1952 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee?
(#) Estes Kefauver
(#) John Sparkman
(#) Adlai E. Stevenson
(#) Alben W. Barkley
8. Who passed away on June 26, 1952?
(#) Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio
(#) King George VI of the United Kingdom
(#) Argentine First Lady Evita Peron
(#) Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin
9. Where were the 1952 Summer Olympics held?
(#) Helsinki, Finland
(#) London, England
(#) Rome, Italy
(#) Melbourne, Australia
10. Where did President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower travel to on November 29, 1952 to fulfill a campaign promise?
(#) Japan
(#) China
(#) Soviet Union
(#) Korea
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